Change is part of growing and developing. When we reflect on the major changes, the personal upheavals, the setbacks and the challenges we have encountered, we often realise that they were catalysts for personal growth.
More than anything we need to feel the sense of certainty in our lives, when in fact, the reality is, that change is the only thing we can be certain of.
Never underestimate your ability to change course, re-define your vision and overcome your fears. Change is not to be dreaded; it’s something to look forward to.
Find encouragement and be motivated to achieve your goals with this collection of quotes about change.
"Progress is impossible without change and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything."
George Bernard Shaw
"When we can no longer change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves."
Viktor Frankl
“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”
Charles Darwin
"Change is inevitable. Change is constant."
Benjamin Disraeli
"Become a student of change. It is the only thing that will remain constant."
Anthony J. D'Angelo
"Change your thinking, change your life."
Ernest Holmes.
"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading."
Lao Tzu
"Change your thoughts and you change your world."
Norman Vincent Peale
"We generally change ourselves for one of two reasons: inspiration or desperation."
Jim Rohn
"To change one's life; Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. No exceptions."
William James
"If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think."
Oprah Winfrey
"Be the change that you want to see in the world."
Mahatma Gandhi
"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."
James Baldwin
"Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values."
Dalai Lama
"Change is as inexorable as time, yet nothing meets with more resistance."
Benjamin Disraeli
"People don't resist change. They resist being changed!"
Peter Senge
"If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."
Wayne Dyer
"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain."
Maya Angelou
"Change is inevitable. Change is constant."
Benjamin Disraeli
"Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change."
Confucius
"Rather than wishing for change, you first must be prepared to change."
Catherine Pulsifer
"What is important is not what happens to us, but how we respond to what happens to us."
Jean-Paul Sartre
"As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world, as in being able to remake ourselves."
Mahatma Gandhi
"A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape."
Mark Twain